Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred.
The count of men from the tribe of Ephraim came to forty thousand five hundred.
This verse records that 40,500 fighting men were counted from the tribe of Ephraim during Israel's first census in the wilderness.
📚 Historical Context
In the book of Numbers, God instructed Moses to conduct a census of the Israelite men who were able to fight, as the people prepared to enter the Promised Land after their exodus from Egypt. This census, taken in the wilderness of Sinai, helped organize the tribes for military purposes and reflected God's ongoing guidance of the nation. The tribe of Ephraim, one of the descendants of Joseph, was counted as having 40,500 men, showing their specific role in the community.
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